Cyberabad police bust cyber mule network, nine arrested for aiding online fraud
Cyberabad police arrested nine people, including two from Rajasthan, for operating mule bank accounts for cybercriminals. The gang worked under a handler named 'Jack' via Telegram, using SIM swaps, hotel bookings, and malicious apps to aid large-scale financial frauds.
Hyderabad: The Medchal SOT along with the Cyberabad Cybercrime police have arrested nine persons who were involved in operating and providing mule accounts to cybercriminals for fraudulent financial transactions.
The arrested persons are Sumit Rathore, Manvendra Singh Rathore, both from Rajasthan and Mohammed Nadeem ur Rehman, MD Nayeem Ur Rahaman, Mohd Shaffi, S Bharath, Telugu Mahesh, Abdul Khaled and J Mahesh, all from Hyderabad.
Police said the suspects were found to be part of an organized cyber fraud network that laundered illegal proceeds through multiple current accounts.
“These accounts, controlled through unauthorized mobile applications and SIM swaps, were used to route large sums of money received through online fraud, scams, and other cybercrime, ” Officials said.
The group operated under the instructions of an international cyber handler using the Telegram under the name ‘Jack’.
They lodged account holders in hotels near DLF, Gachibowli and collected their bank documents, and installed a malicious APK file to remotely access accounts.
“Hotels were booked for a week, and locations were frequently changed to avoid detection. Facilitating agents were arriving from the State of Rajasthan,” Cybercrime officials said.
Police seized 16 mobile phones, 2 cars, 1 laptop and cash of Rs 82,000.
Efforts are on to trace other beneficiaries, digital footprints, and the main handler, Jack.
For Cybercrime complaints contact local Cybercrime PS or Dial 1930.
